Mixed Media Dragonfly Frame Wall Art by Ginny

Hey there Paper Peeps! Ginny here to share a sweet little frame project I created with lots of great GSL chippies and loads of mixed media supplies.

I found this frame with itty bitty windows and thought it would be a fun way to incorporate lots of small elements. First I took it apart and removed the glass. Then I traced where with window openings would be so I'd know where to place all the bits and pieces.  I created the background first with inks and stamps in the color scheme I wanted to use on the focal elements.

For added texture I layered in the Brick Wall chippie painted in flat white. Next came the Scribble Frame in black for contrast. Then the gears were painted gold and given a light coat of stain for an aged patina.

The Filigree Frame was finished with the same steps as the gears then a couldn't resist topping it off with some coordinating bling.  A few small and simple stamped sentiments are really just perfect for this size frame.

A generous amount of flowers to fill in this corner along with a fancy stick pin,  some altered clock hands and twine bows.  There's also a bit of gold mesh tucked in behind.

I may have gotten a little carried away with this Dragonfly.....but once I was on a roll it was hard to stop. I started with a base coat of white then colored and shaded with watercolor pencils. Using archival ink I stamped on the itty bitty typography. I added a nice finished edge with a black Big Brush marker and colored in the body portion. Next I layered on additional clock hands with the same gold and stain finish as the rest of the elements and secured them with a touch of glue to hold them in place while I wrapped the wire around and added beads.  The wire did add a bit of bulk in the back...but it fits down nicely between the frame openings so it does not cause the dragonfly to stick out yay!

~Gypsy Soul Laser Cut Supplies~

Brick Wall 2

Filigree Frames

Steampunk Lightbulb Set

Scribble Frames and Lines

Dragonflies Fancy

Okay that's all for me. I had so much fun with this altered art project....now where to hang it???  Wishing all of you a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G 

Safari Tag By Ginny Nemchak

Hey there Peeps. Well I'm taking a walk on the wild side this week with a safari styled tag created with awesome chippies from Gypsy Soul and Safari Adventure from Graphic 45.

Loving the warmed colors and tropical styled flowers on this tag.

I'm using the new Safari Shapes set which will be coming to the shop soon and it's just too perfect a match for the Graphic 45 papers. For this badge shape I gave it a simple coat of gold sparkle pen...not sure the camera picked it up too well though : (   I gave a  cardstock  background to his particular chippie so it would be easy to see the fun lettering. I was able to tuck some tropical styled flowers behind as well.

For this Filigree Background Frame I pounced around on it with the Black Soot Distress Ink pad to give it a mottled effect.  The stamps from the patterned papers were a great fit in the Postage Stamp chippies.  I finished these with a white gel pen and staked them using foam spares to keep everything level.

Another element from the Safari Shapes peeking out from the corner there. I think you can see the glitter pen a bit better on this piece.

From this angle you can see the great amount of depth I was able to achieve staking up the chipboard pieces and using spacers between the layers.

Gypsy Soul Laser Cut Supplies~ Safari Shapes (coming soon), Filigree Frames, Postage Frames.
Graphic 45~ Safari Adventure, Square Tags Black.
Reasonable Ribbon~Plaid Ribbon Black
Petaloo Flowers

Okay that's all for me. Wishing you all a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G